Street Artist’s Work Hitches a Ride on the International Space Station

Street Artist's Work Hitches a Ride on the International Space Station

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Invader, Space2 on board the International Space Station. Photo: Invader.

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Invader, Space2 on board the International Space Station. Photo: Invader.

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Work by Invader at Belgium's Euro Space Center. Photo: Invader.

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Work by Invader at Germany's European Astronaut Centre. Photo: Invader.

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Invader, Space2 on board the International Space Station. Photo: Invader.

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Invader, Space2 on board the International Space Station. Photo: Invader.

Anonymous street artist Invader is going where few other artists have gone before: to outer space. One of the Frenchman’s signature tiled mosaic pieces, appropriately featuring a character from the 1970s arcade game Space Invader, is currently a passenger on board the International Space Station.

In January, the Creators Project reported that NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter had spotted the Damien Hirst spot painting believed to have been lost when the 2002 Beagle 2 mission to Mars failed, meaning there is officially art on Mars. Even further afield, of course, is Voyager 1’s Golden Record, the only piece of art ever to leave the solar system.